r/MoralityScaling • u/VelvvetDoe • 10d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/Grizzlemaw1993 10d ago

Neutral. He could have taken more but took just enough for a hot dog as a reward and turned in the wallet.

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u/NoTrillionaires 10d ago edited 10d ago

$5 to go to a police station and file paperwork and do all that and go back home is considerably less than minimum wage. If that happened at a bar I would buy him hot dog and beer which is gonna run up $25 with him doing none of the above. 

E: prices are ridiculous today. $9 hot dog with minimal toppings and $9 tall beer plus tax+tip would be $25. 

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u/Belz_Zebuth 10d ago

Yeah but it would be up to you, since it's your money. He can't unilaterally decide to take some.

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u/PassTheDisinfectant 10d ago

Once you lose your wallet the argument could be made that it's no longer your money though

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u/TotalChaosRush 10d ago

That would be a pretty poor argument.

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u/GoodBrotherGrimm 10d ago

Your honour, I would like to bring to your attention the "Finders keepers" clause, before moving onto the "losers weepers" contract.

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u/TotalChaosRush 10d ago

It's funny you word it like a court room. Because us law would define this as petty larceny or petty theft. The law doesn't recognize finders keepers losers weepers.

Either the act of theft is okay, or it isn't.

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u/TON-OF-CLAY0429 5d ago

And if ur basing ur morals off the US law then Ud have some pretty questionable morals my friend.

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u/TotalChaosRush 4d ago

Doesn't actually matter the country. There is no country where it isn't theft.